This meant that reports and photographs about events in the country had to be obtained by journalists (usually men) after
clandestine border crossings dressed as women. One went as far as to say he was sick of the ‘cross-dressing border-crossing,’ the sub-title to the central
image. Here we have a gender mirror-the female artist become the modern male fighter compete with Kalashnikov. Not that disguise of this nature is unusual
- many women
travellers felt the need to resort to such ruses in order to ensure their own personal safety. So while the historical references strongly inform
the work, the unambiguously modern production at the centre contrasts with the (original, patinated) film stills on the periphery, the historical thread,
unbroken, leading us into the present. |
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